[Koha] Koha on Mac OS X? Seeking more info

[Stephen Hedges]

Ann -

What you'll be missing is the ability to search for bibliographic records
from other libraries, because you won't have a Z39.50 client. One of the
modules that makes the client work (Event) has not been ported to OS X.
Last I knew, Koha 3.0 was not going to have this problem -- at least
that's the hope. (I notice, however, from Joshua's latest Debian doc that
Event is still be used in Koha 2.2.6.)

For now, though, I think Koha on Mac OS X makes for a nice demo and/or
training tool, but I'm not sure I'd want to use it in a production
environment.  If you start playing with Koha now, and Koha 3.0 truly does
work better with Mac OS X, then you should be ready to jump right in when
3.0 is released.

Stephen

Ann Sawusch wrote:
> Hello. I am a newbie to this list. Could you point me to more information
> on using Koha in a Mac OS X environment? I found and read Stephen Hedges
> doc Installing Koha on Mac OS X.(2006)
>
> I am working with a group with no budget and a donated Mac (nice, running
> 10.3.?). Is it possible to establish a stable production Koha on OS X?
> What doesn't work or breaks with the absence of the Net::Z3950 module "and
> some other limitations"?
>
> I would be very interested in learning details of cons of Mac OS X. It
> will be a hardsell to strip out the OS X and rebuild in Linux. Folks have
> a comfort level with OS X (security, updating, network
> configuration...)and want to understand 'why not'.
>
> Thanks in advance for any assistance.
>
> Ann Sawusch
> asawusch at mac dot com

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Stephen Hedges
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